Wordless Wednesday: A Frugal Christmas Card

December 23, 2009 · 38 comments

family-photo

This is the one. It made it onto our Christmas card. And it’s still not quite perfect. Our first of many as a family of 6!

This shot was taken by my sister with a point and shoot. The girls’ dresses were courtesy of Grandma (a yearly tradition). Everything else was from our closets with the exception of baby Colin’s $5 red onesie. I edited it with Picnik, for free. A frugal family photo, indeed!

Merry Christmas from my family to yours!

What a difference a year makes, huh?

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1 Christine December 23, 2009 at 7:19 am

I loove this shot… What a sweet family photo!

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2 Heather December 23, 2009 at 7:36 am

Love the picture. What a beautiful family you have. Merry Christmas!

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3 Auntie E December 23, 2009 at 8:58 am

It looks nice to me. Happy Holidays
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4 Nancy M. December 23, 2009 at 12:17 pm

That’s a great picture! Beautiful family!
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5 Jennefer December 23, 2009 at 1:18 pm

Thanks for sharing. I love it! Looks wonderful!

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6 Rob December 23, 2009 at 1:25 pm

Beautiful Family

Happy Holidays!!!!!

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7 Deanna Murphy December 23, 2009 at 1:45 pm

Beautiful! Wishing your family a blessed Christmas.

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8 Kitty @ Coupon Divas December 23, 2009 at 1:46 pm

You guys look great! I did love the blooper file from the other day too! Happy Holidays :)
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9 AmazingGreis December 23, 2009 at 1:51 pm

Beautiful picture!!! Merry Christmas!
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10 Jana December 23, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Great picture! What a beautiful family! Merry Christmas!!

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11 Grampy December 23, 2009 at 2:20 pm

Wonderful picture. I just love the family photo’s.
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12 Ann December 23, 2009 at 2:24 pm

What a lovely photo! Merry Christmas!!
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13 Jennifer December 23, 2009 at 2:33 pm

What a beautiful family!! (By the way, this looks like a professional photo.)
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14 Ann December 23, 2009 at 2:34 pm

I think it looks so nice…. What a sweet family!

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15 Lisa Johnston December 23, 2009 at 3:00 pm

Very sweet family and great Christmas picture.

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16 Lianna December 23, 2009 at 4:26 pm

Not a frugal pic at all…LOVE IT!

You can see my WW here… http://bethouaknight.blogspot.com/2009/12/girls-girls-girls.html
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17 Susie's Homemade December 23, 2009 at 4:40 pm

What a beautiful family! Merry Christmas to you and yours:-)
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18 Nessa December 23, 2009 at 4:58 pm

Looks great! You did a great job on this!

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19 tosha December 23, 2009 at 5:17 pm

What a beautiful family. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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20 Alyson @ 3PsinaPod December 23, 2009 at 5:41 pm

What a wonderful (and frugal) family photo!! Have a wonderful Christmas !!
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21 Allison December 23, 2009 at 7:38 pm

You have a beautiful family. The photo turned out great.
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22 Stefany December 23, 2009 at 7:49 pm

This is a great picture!!!

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23 Pamela December 23, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Beautiful family picture!!!
Merry Christmas!!!

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24 Maria December 23, 2009 at 8:15 pm

wow big difference… still lovely! :)

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25 Denise@TogetherWeSave December 23, 2009 at 8:18 pm

Just stopping by to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas.
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26 Lana December 23, 2009 at 8:20 pm

Great picture! By the way, I wanted to say a HUGE thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been begging my husband to get me some photo editing software for our computer as I am really getting into taking pictures and blogging, etc. He just says it’s a waste of money and too expensive. I noticed you said you edited your photo with picnik.com for free, so I went to check it out, and I have been editing all my photos for a couple hours now! It’s awesome! Thank you so much for once again helping us save money on something I’ve always wanted. (We may actually go ahead and pay the $25 / year fee to upgrade to more complex options as this is still way cheaper than buying the software, so much easier to use, and we don’t have to take up room on our computer to download it. I also love that you can access it anywhere you have internet, so I am not limited to doing it just on my computer. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

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Alyssa Francis Reply:

Lana,
So glad you discovered the joys of Picnik! It is truly one of my favorite sites on the web. I think the upgrade is totally worth it, too. It makes me so happy to hear that this saved you some money! Have fun with Picnik! :)

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27 Katie @ Frugal Femina December 23, 2009 at 10:08 pm

I’ve been wondering what “the one” looked like. I love it, I love it, I love it! :-)

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28 Toni December 23, 2009 at 10:56 pm

What a beautiful picture!!!
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29 Shelly December 24, 2009 at 1:42 pm

I love this picture. Don’t forget to link up for Thrifty Thursday.

http://couponteacher.blogspot.com/2009/12/thrifty-thursday-christmas-eve-style.html

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30 Angie December 24, 2009 at 2:06 pm

Love it! Frugal Christmas cards are the best! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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31 Smockity Frocks December 24, 2009 at 2:21 pm

Beautiful photo! And I LOVE Picnik, too! Free is right up my alley!
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32 Petula December 24, 2009 at 8:16 pm

I love that photo! Beautiful. Merry Christmas…

Oh, I can’t believe how big the baby has gotten. I’ve really loss track.

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33 Mrs. Money December 24, 2009 at 9:08 pm

Merry Christmas! Your kids are so cute. :)
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34 Julie December 26, 2009 at 1:41 am

Great great shot and it’s made even better in that you did not spend a fortune having it done. Your kids are adorable.
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35 Kimberly December 27, 2009 at 3:23 am

Beautiful family pic! Looks professional too. You weren’t kiddin, picnik is great and easy, thanks! :) Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!
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36 Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates December 28, 2009 at 12:04 am

That picture turned out so great Alyssa! Such a sweet family! :)

Hope you had a wonderful blessed Christmas!

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